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Synthetic accent too: Robbie Krofchick, owner of Batteries Inculded holds pocket tranlater that speaks
Synthetic accent too: Robbie Krofchick, owner of Batteries Inculded holds pocket tranlater that speaks

Synthetic accent too: Robbie Krofchick, owner of Batteries Inculded holds pocket tranlater that speaks

Date3/20/1999
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129093F
Peeved with PET: At Batteries Included, owner Alan Krofchick has as much fun with his wares as his customers
Peeved with PET: At Batteries Included, owner Alan Krofchick has as much fun with his wares as his customers
8/28/1979
Battery graveyard: Bill Baker examines old batteries found on land he rents from the federal government.
Battery graveyard: Bill Baker examines old batteries found on land he rents from the federal government.
10/24/1991
Jump starter: Wayne Hartford, chairman of Battery Technologies Inc., with the reusable batteries that have increased the firm's value tenfold.
Jump starter: Wayne Hartford, chairman of Battery Technologies Inc., with the reusable batteries that have increased the firm's value tenfold.
7/11/1991
Drumming up business: Mel Cooper, a radio station owner in Victoria in change of getting corporate sponsors for Vancouver's Expo 86, speaks to the Broadcast Executives Society at the Sheraton Centre. Sitting to his left are Society president Michael Kennerley and director Marge Anthony.
Drumming up business: Mel Cooper, a radio station owner in Victoria in change of getting corporate sponsors for Vancouver's Expo 86, speaks to the Broadcast Executives Society at the Sheraton Centre. Sitting to his left are Society president Michael Kennerley and director Marge Anthony.
1/15/1986
Riding high: John Cox, owner of a Toronto luxury-car dealership, displays one of his brisk-selling Rolls-Royces. He settled in Canada after his British boss wouldn't promote him to salesman because of his Cockney accent.
Riding high: John Cox, owner of a Toronto luxury-car dealership, displays one of his brisk-selling Rolls-Royces. He settled in Canada after his British boss wouldn't promote him to salesman because of his Cockney accent.
11/18/1987
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
12/30/1987
Martin Lanham, leader of the Job Finding Club, speaks to (from left) Rosie Hamersac, Bill Liddell and Cezar Kucharzewski in Etobicoke
Martin Lanham, leader of the Job Finding Club, speaks to (from left) Rosie Hamersac, Bill Liddell and Cezar Kucharzewski in Etobicoke
5/28/1992
Stress monitor: Martyn Thomas, director of the Bio-Behavioural Treatment and Research unit at Sunnybrook Hospital, speaks with a patient hooked up to a computer that monitors her stress levels
Stress monitor: Martyn Thomas, director of the Bio-Behavioural Treatment and Research unit at Sunnybrook Hospital, speaks with a patient hooked up to a computer that monitors her stress levels
1/29/1983
Bullet lodged near eye: Luka Kraljevic, 36, blinded after being shot last year by someone he says was a member of the Yugoslavian secret police, listens as wife Ursula, 27, speaks during an interview yesterday
Bullet lodged near eye: Luka Kraljevic, 36, blinded after being shot last year by someone he says was a member of the Yugoslavian secret police, listens as wife Ursula, 27, speaks during an interview yesterday
2/26/1984
Georges Sevlgny: Going through the paces with his grade 10 english class. He speaks 60 languages.
Georges Sevlgny: Going through the paces with his grade 10 english class. He speaks 60 languages.
9/16/1982
Native plea: Cree elder Verne Harper speaks yesterday at a Queen's Park forum, where 150 students heard pleas to limit logging in Temagami.
Native plea: Cree elder Verne Harper speaks yesterday at a Queen's Park forum, where 150 students heard pleas to limit logging in Temagami.
4/3/1990
His Vision: Kuujjuarapik Mayor Anthony Ittoshat, who favors an independent inuit state, speaks of Quebec trying to impose French on his people.
His Vision: Kuujjuarapik Mayor Anthony Ittoshat, who favors an independent inuit state, speaks of Quebec trying to impose French on his people.
4/21/1992